Indonesia’s Hilmi Maulana Putra Pratama and Georgia’s Tamari Jincharadze also won junior individual titles during the first two days of pistol finals.
Tsukanov and Yunusmetova deliver home victories
Tsukanov opened the finals programme on 20 October with victory in the 10m Air Pistol Men event. The Kazakh athlete scored 244.4 to take gold in front of the home crowd. Georgia’s Ioane Khvareshia finished second with 241.5, while Daniil Solovev, competing as an Individual Neutral Athlete, took bronze with 220.3.
Later that day, Pratama claimed the 10m Air Pistol Men Junior title for Indonesia with a final score of 240.0. Georgia’s Giorgi Mumladze took silver with 233.4, ahead of Kazakhstan’s Ruslan Yershov, who finished third with 213.9.
Kazakhstan added a second senior gold on 21 October when Yunusmetova won the 10m Air Pistol Women final with 242.5. Singapore’s Xiu Yi Teh secured silver with 237.3, while Georgia’s Mariam Abramishvili took bronze with 215.3.
Jincharadze leads Georgia to junior gold
Georgia’s Tamari Jincharadze won the 10m Air Pistol Women Junior final on 21 October, scoring 234.3. Kazakhstan’s Alissa Kradenova finished close behind with 232.1 to take silver, while Melissa Iarchuk, competing as an Individual Neutral Athlete, secured bronze with 211.0.
The individual pistol finals have delivered gold medals for Kazakhstan, Indonesia and Georgia, with athletes from Singapore and the Individual Neutral Athletes also reaching the podium.
The Grand Prix continues in Shymkent with the remaining rifle and shotgun competitions.